Banana Layer Cake With Fudgy Frosting for my Birthday!

It’s my 25th Birthday on Sunday and my Dad’s 35th…(give or take a couple decades, love you pop!)…. on Monday! So this weekend is absolutely jam packed with fun bday festivities!

Birthday’s are seriously the best.I’m celebrating with my friends tomorrow night then meeting up with my fam to go to the Bears game on Sunday… and sit at the 50 yard line! These tickets are crazy good! Then finishing up Monday on my dad’s bday for a big family dinner with my grandpa.

Not bad, huh? The only thing missing is…..

Cake! Lots of cake! Too much cake!

Which is exactly why I started eating cake on Wednesday. How else can I properly OD on birthday cake if I don’t start almost a full week in advance??

Luckily I made my very favorite cake EVER to ensure a full blown sugar coma come Monday. This cake is two layers of moist and tender banana cake, sandwiched with a rich and creamy chocolate fudge frosting, and then smothered in even more of that same addictive frosting.

I modeled this recipe after one of my favorite cake recipes by Abby Dodge. This lady has the most irresistible cookbook, The Weekend Baker. I swear, if I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life it really might be her banana cake with fudgy frosting.

So while I’m obsessed with her recipe -the butter, milk, and cream that she uses doesn’t sit as well in my old lady tummy as well as it did when I was 18…so I had to do some experimenting!

The final product was a deliciously moist and banana-y lower cal cake with the the creamiest fudge frosting that tastes EXACTLY like her fudgy frosting from her cookbook. I swear I am so proud of that frosting! It took me 6 tries and a few pounds chocolate to get this one perfect.. and it is perfect.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

In a large bowl, combine granulated sugar, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract, egg whites, and egg in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add mashed banana and beat well. Add flour mixture and yogurt alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire racks.

For the Fudgy Frosting

Melt chocolate in microwave until smooth. Set aside.

Combine sugar, coconut milk, vegan butter, vanilla, and salt in a blender. Add melted chocolate and blend on high speed until the mixture darkens and is very thick; about 2 minutes. If you have a small blender you may want to do this in two batches so you do not overload your poor little blender!

Once the frosting has completely cooled, cover with plastic wrap until the cake is ready to frost. If you frosting is still not thick enough you can just refrigerate it for 1-2 hours and it will firm up perfectly! Just let it come back to room temperature and stir smooth until frosting.

To Assemble Cake

Smooth about 1/3 of the frosting on top of one cake layer. Gently put the second layer on top and continue to smooth the remaining frosting on top and around the enter layer cake. Garnish with sprinkles for a special day!

Happy birthday! What an amazing cake to celebrate with! That frosting looks tooo fudgy and addicting! I love that you used coconut milk in it too. Ahhh, it just looks SO good! Hope you and your dad have great birthdays!

Hahaa aw thanks darling! We’ll see how much longer that lasts after all this bday cake… :) Totally worth it, banana cake with fudgy frosting is seriously my favorite! You’ll have to let me know if you try! Have a great weekend!

Kristina, you’re a hardcore cake eating machine :) I love that you started eating cake a week before your birthday; you sure know how to celebrate, and I’ll totally be doing that for my birthday next year. Happy belated birthday, girl!